WAREHOUSE EXPRESS LIMITED
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† WAREHOUSE EXPRESS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 47430Where the company stands among the 877 active companies whose first SIC code is 47430 (Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores).
- RICHER SOUNDS LIMITED£24m
- WAREHOUSE EXPRESS LIMITED£20.4m
- GXO SERVICETECH UK LIMITED£8.5m
- MARTIN DAWES LIMITED£7.7m
- KTM ONLINE LIMITED£6.7m
- IN PHASE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£4.7m
- PROACTIVE UK LIMITED£2.7m
- SEVENOAKS SOUND AND VISION LIMITED£2.4m
- DOUG BRADY HIFI LIMITED£2.4m
- CRAIG HI-FI LIMITED£2.3m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 877. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: WAREHOUSE EXPRESS LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
WAREHOUSE EXPRESS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03366976. It was incorporated on 8 May 1997. Its status is active. The registered office is in Norwich (NR3). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores (47430), retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (47910).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £119,431,000. Net assets were £20,362,000, down 23.5% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £7,225,000. Total assets were £41,765,000 and total liabilities £19,768,000. The company had an average of 272 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 877 active companies whose first SIC code is 47430: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £16,707). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £94,428). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £31,814). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 86% of them (median age 10.0 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as a supplier in 26 public contract award notices from 22 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £10.1m. Its most frequent buyer is Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Surrey (2 contracts). 4 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 36 days to pay suppliers, and 18% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 2% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 9 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 22 May 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 122,932,000 | 119,431,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | — | 7,225,000 |
| Total assets | — | 41,765,000 |
| Total liabilities | 308,000 | 19,768,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 26,618,000 | 20,362,000 |
| Average number of employees | 299 | 272 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Public contracts
26 contractsWAREHOUSE EXPRESS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 26 public contract award notices from 22 public sector buyers since 2015. The 21 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £10.1m. 4 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.
- Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Surrey
- 2 contracts · £203k
- Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
- 2 contracts · £123.2k
- Sheffield Hallam University
- 2 contracts · £94.7k
- BEIS
- 2 contracts · £34.5k
- Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Dismounted Close Combat (DCC)
- 1 contract · £9m
- T Level Media EquipmentThe City of Liverpool College · £5,807 · runs until Jan 2027
- DDaT26461 - Filming EquipmentUK Research and Innovation · £37,565 · runs until Sep 2027
- Photographic EquipmentThe Northern School of Art
- CAXTON Camera Purchase‡Ministry of Defence · £103,800
- 205_26 Electrical Goods and AccessoriesLeicestershire County Council, trading as ESPO · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £83,333 in total · runs until Mar 2028
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- Photographic Consumables RequirementsWest Yorkshire Combined Authority · £47,000 · runs until Feb 2028
- Photographic and Surveillance Equipment, Parts, Accessories and ConsumablesOffice of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Surrey · £110,764 · runs until Feb 2028
- Photographic and Surveillance Equipment, Parts, Accessories and ConsumablesOffice of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Surrey · £92,249 · runs until Feb 2028
- Large Broadcast Video Camera OrderBATH SPA UNIVERSITY · £45,147
- Video camera equipment and accessories - a call-off contract from the NWUPC awarded framework agreement for Broadcasting Equipment and Integration Services ref…LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY · £82,880
- Photographic & Surveillance Equipment, Accessories and ConsumablesLeicestershire Police · £50,000
- BLC0128 Photographic & Surveillance Equipment, Accessories and ConsumablesBritish Transport Police · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £180,000 in total · runs until Feb 2028
- High Quality Large Format Digital CameraDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £19,644
- DESNEZ Photographic EquipmentBEIS · £17,228
- DSIT Photographic EquipmentBEIS · £17,228
- Cameras & Equipment Purchase - ERSOU7 Force Commercial Services · £118,616
- HSE RFQ - Mirrorless Camera and kitHealth & Safety Executive · £9,654
- Cameras and LensesBoard of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew · £55,984
- Camera'sBoard of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew · £67,200
- Photographic Equipment - Contract Extended‡Yorkshire and Humber Police Procurement (Y&HPP) · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £116,000 in total
- Photographic Equipment and Consumables - F/W Ref - AVI3125 - AWARD‡Coventry University · £84,393
- Provision of Photographic Equipment and AccessoriesUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · £77,434
- Enabling Arrangement for MOD Photographic Support‡Ministry of Defence, Land Equipment, Dismounted Close Combat (DCC) · £9,000,000
- Supply of Photographic EquipmentSheffield Hallam University · £64,211
- Profoto Photography Cameras, Lighting and Accessories‡Sheffield Hallam University · £30,479
- Photographic Equipment & Consumables‡NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM LIMITED · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £15,500,000 in total
From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 36 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 18%
- Standard payment terms
- 7–60 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 52%
- 31 to 60 days 37%
- After 60 days 11%
Earlier periods (5)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 35
- 50%
- 19%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 40
- 44%
- 19%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 39
- 43%
- 21%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 39
- 43%
- 21%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 39
- 48%
- 21%
- Median hourly pay
- women 2% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 15.7% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 69% lower
- Employer size
- 250 to 499 employees
Earlier years (3)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 0.6% higher
- women 11.8% lower
- 2023/24
- women 4.8% lower
- women 16.5% lower
- 2022/23
- women 5.2% lower
- women 18.7% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
- Licence type and rating
- Worker (A rating)
- Route
- Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, furniture and lighting and leather goods and bags.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery and furniture and lighting.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
8 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £119.4m, net assets £20.4m, 272 employees
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £122.9m, net assets £26.6m, 299 employees
- European Imaging Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Aurelius Phi Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
- Aurelius Phi Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Warehouse Express Group Ltd ceased to be a person with significant control
- Warehouse Express Group Ltd registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.